Question

I’m sorry if this is a “duh” question, but this is sort of compounded with this. I’ve figured out that I need a custom view that basically mimics the virtual keyboard on the iPad, but with a different set of keys (like both numbers and letters). Here’s the issue: this app is something that will be sold, so what I’m wondering is whether Apple allows custom keyboards that just mimic the regular keyboard.

Answer 1

Absolutely. As of iOS 4, you can set the inputView property of any UIResponder (like a UITextField) to your own custom view, and the system will display that view at the bottom of the screen in place of the system keyboard whenever that view gets first-responder status.